Once you have decided to crack CAT in the first attempt, it becomes imperative to divert all your attention to its preparations. But does it necessarily mean quitting your job?
There is no definite yes or no to this. It varies from individual to individual and circumstances to circumstances. The answer depends on several factors like the type of your job, working hours, its pressure on your mind and so on. This situation is mostly tricky and quitting seems to be the most obvious option. But things may be quite different from what you’ve envisaged. Here are certain reasons that will induce you to stay tight on your job and still prepare hard for CAT.
CAT Is A Risky Test
It can be rightly said that you can’t predict things about any test but particularly in terms of CAT, things get specifically out of place sometimes. Admission criteria and eligibility change almost every year in this test. Hence, you can’t predict what percentile can fetch you the calls from your dream B-school(s). It gives weightage to past records that may hamper your chances; it assesses every candidate on standard criteria and has a normalization process that is anonymous to everyone.
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It Can Hurt You Economically
Your CAT preparations and tests will certainly come at a price. It includes the lost salary of approximately six months to one year and expenses incurred for taking this test. Either you’ll become dependent on your family or end up spending your hard-earned savings on a risky examination.
It Can Be Frustrating
Taking a sabbatical from job and preparing for CAT sounds easier than done. After you decide to sit back at home, you may lose the momentum and become complacent in your studies. Even if you don’t, you may have to wait for prolonged time before getting the calls from your desired B-schools. Being a working professional, this extended vacation can cause a lot of frustration for you.
It Can Make Your Interviews Thorny
If you are deciding to take a leave from your job to prepare for CAT, it implies your inability to multitask while many of your counterparts may have done it exceptionally. It weakens your chances in the interviews. You will always be pestered with this question in every interview and it seriously becomes hard to give a befitting reply to the panel sitting in front of you.
All these reasons may not seem enough if your job is so taxing that you can’t really manage to study while continuing with it. But if you can study with your job, it certainly has many positive implications for you.
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